Hayes wins FAI inter-provincial with Munster
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ Eoin Hayes won his latest piece of soccer silverware as part of the Munster squad crowned 2026 FAI Amateur Inter-Provincial Tournament winners.
Scariff the setting for Clare Drama Festival
*Sliabh Aughty Drama Group on stage in Scariff. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. SCARIFF has been the setting for the 77th Clare Drama Festival.
Malone to referee Division 2 league final
*Niall Malone. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ÉIRE ÓG’s Niall Malone has been appointed referee for Saturday’s Division 2 final in the Allianz National Hurling League.
Excise fuel cut ‘minuscule’ & Govt’s wait & see approach hasn’t helped families feeling the pinch
*Fuel prices in Circle K Shannon at lunchtime on Wednesday. Photograph: Joe Buckley CUTTING EXCISE on petrol and diesel has been a “minuscule” measure, a leading Clare haulier has said while criticising the wait and see approach adopted by the Irish Government amid escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Mayor Cubbard joins by-election race in Galway West
*Cllr Mike Hubbard (IND). SITTING MAYOR of Galway, Cllr Mike Cubbard (IND) is to enter the election race for the upcoming by-election in Galway West.
Hegarty’s major sees Clare U20s snatch win from Waterford
*Fred Hegarty prepares to fire Clare’s goal. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FRED HEGARTY’s late goal saw Clare’s U20s pip Waterford in the first round of the Munster hurling championship.
‘Four defeats is a horrendous record’ – Madden reflects on first league campaign
*Clare senior football manager, Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PAUL MADDEN was not afraid to call it as he saw it when describing Clare’s National Football League record as “horrendous” during his first campaign as county manager.
DEIS plus designation for Scoil Chríost Rí
SCOIL CHRÍOST RÍ in Cloughleigh, Ennis is to become Clare’s first designated DEIS plus school.
Over 350 participants peddle it out for Odd Socks Cycle
Freya Clair, Lucy O’Brien, Yasmin Monaghan, Tina Lee Cahill and Ciara O’Loughlin at the Odd Socks Cycle. Photograph: Joe Buckley OVER 350 cyclists took part in the fifth annual Odd Socks Cycle on Sunday.
Shannon man dies following single-vehicle collision
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A YOUNG Shannon man has died following Saturday night’s single-vehicle scrambler crash.